Lehigh News
Making an Impact in Sierra Leone
Lehigh Global Social Impact Fellows work to develop positive health outcomes in the West African nation.
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Lehigh Global Social Impact Fellows work to develop positive health outcomes in the West African nation.
Engelbert ’86 ’23P, WNBA Commissioner and former Deloitte CEO, delivered the 12th lecture in the Donald M. Gruhn ’49 Distinguished Finance Speaker Series.
Reichmanis, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, will serve as the Anderson Endowed Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Inaugural Founder’s Weekend brings campus community together in celebration of Lehigh.
Patricia Manz develops curriculum to improve home visiting services for children with significant developmental needs.
Students across disciplines have pursued Impact Projects and conducted fieldwork through the Global Social Impact Fellowship. Belle Sullivan ’22, spent her summer working on the Mountaintop Mushroom Production Project. The project aims to produce mushrooms as resources for Sierra Leonean farmers, during their ‘hunger months.’ Sullivan grew up doing nonprofit work, however, she says, “My definition of doing good has changed. To me, doing good is about making a sustained impact.”
Materials science and engineering alum Patrice Banks ’02 launched Girls Auto Clinic in the Philadelphia area to educate and empower women who often feel at a loss about auto repairs. The clinic, which caters to women, is staffed by women mechanics and includes a nail salon and a play area for children. Banks has attracted national media attention. Her story was the subject of a Fox sitcom pilot, “Patty’s Auto.”
As a postdoctoral researcher, Professor Hannah Dailey ’02 ’06G ’09G developed an orthopaedic implant that optimizes the healing of a broken femur or tibia. That device is in use in patients today. This real-world impact extends to Dailey’s teaching philosophy at Lehigh. “[Students] really want to tackle big, important societal problems,” she says. “We really owe it to them...to be preparing them for the future for what they want to achieve.”
New residential housing construction project aimed for the growth and development of the southwest corner of campus.
Marty Baron ‘76 and Michael Smerconish ‘84 discuss the future of Journalism in their old stomping ground, Linderman Library.
Students create crane-inspired models in their Arms, Wings and Mechanical Things class.
The HST Building will be home to our new College of Health.
Students embrace their Lehigh pride at a rally during first-year orientation.
Lehigh students interning in Jordan during the summer engage in hands-on archaeological work.
Students in Professor Melpomene Katakalos class work on art projects in their Set Design class in the Mountaintop studio.
The Crochet Coral Reef project is on exhibit at the main gallery of the Lehigh University Art Galleries.
Lehigh@NasdaqCenter is an academic partnership between Lehigh and the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center that launched in January 2017.
The Lehigh-Lafayette football game meets for the 155th time in college football's most-played rivalry.
A new Parklet is up in front of Roasted on 4th Street in South Bethlehem, built by Lehigh’s Engineers Without Borders and Professor Pooley’s Lehigh Valley Parklets team.
The annual International Bazaar highlights and celebrates the global identities and perspectives at Lehigh and from our local community.
The “Purposeful Curiosity” class visits the Art Galleries to discuss collections.
Donors and scholarship recipients forge bonds through their love of Lehigh.
A peek inside newly renovated Chandler-Ullmann Hall, one of Lehigh’s most distinguished buildings.
Lehigh’s Beekeeping Club aims to raise awareness for environmental sustainability.
The new Grind@FML, located in the E.W. Fairchild-Martindale Library, serves as a spot for students to eat, hang out and do work.
The Iacocca International Internship Program combines real world experiences and cultural immersion.
Professor Larry Snyder teaches students how operations research and machine learning protect vital supply chains.
Professors Ting Wang and Eric Baumer recently received NSF career awards for their engineering research.
